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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

First, some standard advice: 1) Make a title that describes the problem---and without using "urgent". 2) Get off the caps-lock key--it just makes it harder to read.

I don't know about RHEL 5, but RHEL 4 did not support SATA. In this case, its sounds like you CD might be SATA also. Since RHEL is a purchased distro, you have the option of calling RedHat and asking them.

If you don't specifically need to use RHEL, then I suggest trying any one of the top free distros--eg Fedora (similar to RHEL), Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, OpenSUSE, etc.

I installed RHEL 4 Update 4 (possibly as early as 2) on a few SunFire servers. They had dual SATA disks, and I had no trouble with the drivers with regard to booting. Update 4 came out shortly before RHEL 5, so RedHat may have added SATA support late in the game.

I think an SATA CD drive could be a stumbling block. Depending on the BIOS, you might be able alternatively to boot from a USB CD drive, if one is on hand -- easy to connect, easy to try, nothing lost except time.

But in general, try any of those pixellany listed -- Ubuntu is very easy to install, I did that this morning on a virtual machine to cross-check a problem a colleague was having ... cheers, makyo